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Stretches and Compressions Worksheet with Answer Key

8 problems on vertical stretches and compressions of the parent graphs: rewriting rules with a stretch factor, widths at a given height, comparing 3x cubed with x cubed, undoing a stretch, a piecewise figure, and a hiking trail profile. 3 pages, with a worked answer key and a one-page lesson handout. Free to download, no sign-in.

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What's on the worksheet

  1. Rewrite each rule as a stretch or compression of its parent, with the factor.
    y = \dfrac{x^2}{5}y = \dfrac{3}{4x}y = \dfrac{\sqrt{x}}{0.25}y = \left(\dfrac{x}{3}\right)^3
  2. Fill in the blanks of a table for a vertical stretch, find the factor and name the move.
  3. Find the stretch factor from the width at a given height, and a width at another height.
  4. Find the domain and range after horizontal and vertical scaling of a function.
  5. Test Diego's claim about a vertical stretch of the cube function.
  6. Undo a stretch, and describe a compression of the square root.
  7. Scale the graph in the figure vertically and read off the new points.
  8. Word problem: Maya's hiking trail height profile on a park map.

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